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STATUE DEDICATED ON THIS DAY IN 1886

On This Day, October 28th


The Statue of Liberty, a gift of friendship from the people of
France to the people of the United States, is dedicated in
New York Harbor by President Grover Cleveland.

The statue was originally known as “Liberty  Enlightening
the World.”


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1886 Statue Of Liberty Dedication Ceremony, NYC, NY | Flickr

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GIFT FROM FRANCE ARRIVED ON THIS DAY

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On June 17, 1885, the dismantled Statue of Liberty, a gift of
friendship from the people of France to the people of America,
arrived in
New York Harbor after being shipped across the
Atlantic Ocean in 350 individual pieces packed in more than
200 cases. The copper and iron statue, which was reassembled
and dedicated the following year in a ceremony presided over
by U.S. President
Grover Cleveland, became known around the
world as an enduring symbol of freedom and democracy.


The Statue of Liberty’s face before it was installed.

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STATUE DEDICATED ON THIS DAY IN 1886

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The Statue of Liberty, a gift of friendship from the people of
France
to the people of the United States,was dedicated in
New York Harbor by President Grover Cleveland (above).

Originally known as “Liberty Enlightening the World,” the
statue was proposed by the French historian Edouard de
Laboulaye to commemorate the Franco-American alliance
during the
American Revolution.

Designed by French sculptor Frederic-Auguste Bartholdi,
the 151-foot statue was designed by Eugene-Emmanuel
Viollet-le-Duc and Alexandre-Gustave Eiffel, the latter
famous for his design of the
Eiffel Tower in Paris.

In May 1884, the statue was completed in France, and three
months later the cornerstone for its pedestal was laid in New
York Harbor. In June 1885, the dismantled Statue of Liberty
arrived in the New World, enclosed in more than 200 packing
cases.

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Stephen Grover Cleveland
(March 18, 1837 – June 24, 1908)

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STATUE GIVEN TO THE U.S. ON THIS DAY IN 1884

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In a ceremony held in Paris the completed Statue of Liberty
was formally presented to the United States ambassador as
a commemoration of the friendship between France and the
U.S.

The idea for the statue was born in 1865, when the French
historian and abolitionist Édouard de Laboulaye proposed
a monument to commemorate the upcoming centennial of
U.S. independence (1876), the perseverance of American
democracy and the liberation of the nation’s slaves.


Work on the statue, formally called “Liberty Enlightening
the World,” began in France in 1875.

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Édouard René Lefèbvre de Laboulaye
(18 January 1811 – 25 May 1883)

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SYMBOL OF FREEDOM ARRIVED ON THIS DAY

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On June 17, 1885, the dismantled Statue of Liberty, a gift of
friendship from the people of France to the people of America,
arrived in
New York Harbor after being shipped across the
Atlantic Ocean in 350 individual pieces packed in more than
200 cases. The copper and iron statue, which was reassembled
and dedicated the following year in a ceremony presided over
by U.S. President
Grover Cleveland, became known around the

world as an enduring symbol of freedom and democracy.

The statue was originally copper-colored, but over the years it
underwent a natural color-change process called patination that produced its current greenish-blue hue.

 

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